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 Jul 19 2003, 05:34 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 64 Joined: 10-March 03 Member No.: 8,578  |
Wouldn't it be cool if MT (or TypePad) would automatically copy any pages you linked to, to a local archive? And then if the URL returned a 404 error, the archived page would be displayed?
Just a thought.  -Vik The Big Picture -------------------- |
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Jul 19 2003, 07:42 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 64 Joined: 14-March 03 From: Randolph, New Jersey Member No.: 8,894 |
That's a good idea, but until then, you might be able to use the MTCache Plugin.
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Jul 20 2003, 10:08 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 64 Joined: 10-March 03 Member No.: 8,578 |
QUOTE That's a good idea, but until then, you might be able to use the MTCache Plugin. That seems pretty cool. Have you tried it out yet? -------------------- |
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Jul 21 2003, 05:34 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 64 Joined: 14-March 03 From: Randolph, New Jersey Member No.: 8,894 |
Nope, I don't link outside sources enough to use it- plus I don't want to use the server space, but if you try it out, let me know how it works.
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Jul 21 2003, 06:08 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 587 Joined: 29-April 02 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 713 |
QUOTE (Vik @ Jul 19 2003, 08:34 PM) Wouldn't it be cool if MT (or TypePad) would automatically copy any pages you linked to, to a local archive? And then if the URL returned a 404 error, the archived page would be displayed? A 404 error is nothing to be ashamed for, it's part of life and death on the world wide web. Caching and redisplaying other peoples pages brings up a host of copyright issues. I, for one, would not care for someone to be caching my content (and letting it go stale on their server). Beside, caching a page would not be enough for it to always display properly, you'd also have to cache the images, style sheets, script files, applets, and other stuff the page includes. Then you'd have to modify the source of the page to point to your local (cached) images, style sheets, etc., etc. -------------------- |
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Jul 21 2003, 09:18 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 64 Joined: 10-March 03 Member No.: 8,578 |
Good points, Stepan. Thanks for the feedback.
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